Save Me Plz
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Save Me Plz is a fantasy
short story
by David Barr Kirtley
. The story originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy
magazine, and was selected for the anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition.
The story follows Meg, a recent college graduate, who learns that her ex-boyfriend Devon, whom she broke up with due to his video game addiction, has vanished without a trace. Meg sets out to find Devon, and travels through a world full of fantasy elements such as magic swords and giant spiders, which she seems to regard as normal.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by David Barr Kirtley
David Barr Kirtley
David Barr Kirtley is an American short story writer and the co-host of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales, in online magazines such as Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show and Lightspeed, and on...
. The story originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy is a professional bimonthly fantasy speculative fiction magazine published by Damnation Books, which specializes in fantasy, nonfiction, and art. The magazine publishes short stories by some of the genre's most popular and most prominent authors...
magazine, and was selected for the anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition.
The story follows Meg, a recent college graduate, who learns that her ex-boyfriend Devon, whom she broke up with due to his video game addiction, has vanished without a trace. Meg sets out to find Devon, and travels through a world full of fantasy elements such as magic swords and giant spiders, which she seems to regard as normal.